do away with

To completely remove or stop something so it no longer exists.

"Many campaigners are calling for the government to do away with the tax on basic food items."

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The Diary Of A CEO · 3:09

I want to do away with it.

Codependency and Healthy Dependency with Nedra Glover Tawwab | Being Well

Forrest Hanson · 32:07

You have to do away with him.

Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung | Lex Fridman Podcast #502

Lex Fridman · 34:51

they're threatening to do away with themselves.

Is the Electoral College Broken?: Crash Course US Government #5

CrashCourse · 10:44

To actually do away with the Electoral College,

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Bret Weinstein · 38:39

that you are to do away with everybody.

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